OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF EQUALITY INVESTIGATIONS
Equal Status Act 2000
EQUALITY OFFICER'S DECISION NO: DEC-S2002-006
Ms Nora Barrett
(Represented by the Equality Authority)
V
Menlo Park Hotel
File No. ES/2001/103
Date of Issue 22/02/2002
Key words:Equal Status Act 2000 - Direct discrimination, section 3(1)(a) - Membership of the Traveller community, section 3(2)(i) - Supply of goods and services, section 5(1) - Purchase of tickets for a hotel function - Discrimination admitted by respondents
This dispute concerns a complaint by Ms Nora Barrett that she was discriminated against, contrary to Sections 3(1) and 3(2)(i) of the Equal Status Act 2000, by the Menlo Park Hotel, Galway on the grounds of her membership of the Traveller community.
The complainant maintains that she was discriminated against on the Traveller community ground in terms of sections 3(1) and 3(2)(i) of the Equal Status Act 2000 in that she was denied a service which is generally available to the public contrary to Section 5(1) of the Act.